(cún) - to exist, to store, to deposit in Mandarin
cúnTraditional: 存
Translation
to exist, to store, to deposit
Word origin
A character combining 子 (zǐ, child) with 才 (cái), which supplies the sound, carrying the idea of a child surviving and being present, hence to exist, to remain or to store.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 子 (zǐ, child) + 才 (cái, phonetic)
Stroke order
存
Examples
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This problem really does exist.
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He keeps his money in the bank.
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Love still exists.
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I save a little money every month.
李台。
Please store your luggage at reception.
存 (cún) means to exist, store, or deposit. It can stand alone and is also the head of 存在 (cún zài), to exist.
Where this fits
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 存.
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